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afaik its the same in the UK and Ireland

Smaller stitching holes, these keep the thread tighter. Pull each stitch real tight Have you tried the pierced-thread way of putting your needle on?

Yes. I have a large block of wax that I can push the whole die into, at the start and about every 4 or 5 cuts

Whatever you use as a show table use a cloth covering it. I/we found dark red or brown best with leatherwork. There are websites which tell you which colours are welcoming or 'cold' et cetera

The 'Speedy Stitcher' does a lock stitch and I've used it a few times. In places where I wasn't able to do a saddle stitch

Different nations; the true Brit will not start talking to you unless you start with the weather. At a show today I must have made about 50 new friends. All conversations started with small talk about the weather @ThisIsMyFirstRodeo I do not recommend you doing what we did at shows to get round the regs over food & drink. We were showing typical medieval foods and drinks. Some was for sale but we didn't say that. We let ppl try 'our lunch/snack'. Then if they liked it they could pre-order and pre-pay for it. Delivery was later. Like 20 -30 mins later I sold my medieval style mead by selling the fancy bottle and including the mead in it for free. An inspector tried to say that wasn't legal but he checked and came back to me and said as long as the ppl could buy the empty bottle and got the mead free there was nothing he could do about it

My bestest guess is, the bullet holders were sewn in place then soaked in water and the bullets forced in, basically wet-moulding the holder

Good job Invert the top plate every 6 presses or so. You'll find the press dishes the plate and inverting it before it gets too bad sends it dishing in the opposite direction I buy steel and aluminium off cuts which are sold on ebay. I get them relatively cheaply

I would; use a coin or something, draw round it for the curve, in ink. Then cut using scissors or shears on the drawn line. I find cutting out-side curves easier with scissors

Its very hard to judge the right amount That is definitely too much. Too much can surely ruin a pair of boots To limit how much NFO I'm putting on I have a NFO/bees wax/carnauba wax mix that I apply all over. I let that sit a while then I buff the waxes to a semi-glossy shine. I've never had anything so dry that it needs more than one NFO/wax application. Perhaps in your case, another coating in a weeks time, then another after another week should see it getting enough feed

The blade is blunt. A good sharp blade will skive off a very thin amount By edge; I mean the surface, to thin an edge for sewing of gluing The second one takes the same blades as the first. A sharp blade will take of a very small amount. Change blades every time you start a new project. It makes life easier and blades are fairly cheap

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I just retired* a 20 year old belt. Thinner than Dwight's, about 3.5mm. Not used every day but often. The resolene finish coat was still alright * retired cos I wanted a change in pattern on the belt imo, leather items should show some wear and change in colouring over time. Its what makes leather so unique

Good point about the bags. I forgot about that. I use white paper bags with handles on them. They cost a fraction more than than plain brown bags but look so much better. Sometime in the future I'm going to get sticky labels with my brand printed on so I can stick them on to the bags

I presume you have one of these; Get one of these; Get a couple of these; for tidy skiving of edges I have several in 6mm, 8mm and 10mm widths Avoid this like the plague, sold as a 'skiver'. You'll waste your money